Hello forum, This nice little caddy spoon was made in Moscow in 1894. The maker, ͶͶЯ, is listed in the hallmark's database, but as 'unidentified'. I wonder whether anyone is now able to identify him? Many thanks, Silverk. https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg https://www.925-1000.com/pics/Ximg.jpg
Thanks all for your interesting thoughts so far. The Koch & Bergfeld website shows the various marks they used from 1840 until now and appears to show the chalice period from 1884 until 1980, but this doesn't really help too much on narrowing down the dates! So, I've followed legrandmogol's sugg...
Hi, I recently acquired this German teapot because I felt it was very stylish, perhaps a trickle-down Vienna werkstatte design. I would greatly appreciate the forum's opinion on its design roots. The maker's mark is quite distinctive, a three-footed chalice. Can anyone identify the maker? For once I...
Hi Trev, Thanks for responding so quickly. Its certainly a good idea, but I'm a bit doubtful. The mark in front of 'CIS' is rather like a dash along the bottom edge of the word which I don't think would correspond with the bottom of an 'N'. More like the bottom of an 'E'. Just to note that I can't s...
Thanks to all contributors on this one. I've looked very carefully at the stamp and it does appear to have a mark above and below the name. They are very rubbed/not well stamped and they could well be stars, though that may well be more imagination than reality! It does seem likely, then, that it wa...
Hi, I have a Maltese napkin ring which I'm quite sure was made somewhere between 1905 and 1910. The various examples of Maltese silver I've seen on this forum and elsewhere seem to concentrate on the 19th century and so I can't find any clear examples which cover the marks on this item. Would someon...
....and here we have a French buckle, made c1830 in Paris. The maker's mark isn't 100% clear, but the first initial is an 'L', the second may be a 'B'. The symbol could be interpreted as a water cup on a long handle. Please can anyone help identify this maker? Given the number of balls on the Corone...
I have this interesting Dutch server with, for once, very clear marks. Despite that, I have no idea who made this in Amsterdam and when. The mark looks like HF (conjoined) K below a coffee pot. As always, any help would be most useful. Can anyone point me to a good on-line Dutch makers' marks site. ...
I have this rather nice French sifter, but I can't identify the maker nor the approximate date. The marks clearly show it was made in Paris and has a purity of 0.950. The maker's mark is poorly stamped with half the mark missing and is very small, so I can't read it properly. I think it starts with ...
Hello forum, Would anybody be kind enough to identify the maker of this small dutch box if at all possible? I presume being so small it is a lodereindoosje? I think it is Amsterdam, 1841, but the maker's mark alludes me. There are no other marks on the box at all, despite a close inspection with a l...
Good morning Gents, Thanks very much for your continued interest in this item. I no longer have the piece, so the pictures are all we have to go by. I tend to agree that they do look like part of the casting, which means that the makers would have had three panels without the marks and one with. Reg...